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The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04
Didn't Want ANY Assistance.

"Well, Charley, hear you don't call
on Miss Jones any more
''No, I've quit"
whats the matterl Did she go back
on your
mo. That wasntit. The luxury was
becoming to expensive"
Expensive thought Miss Jones
was model girl, never ate ice cream,
oysters or anything Of that kind"
''She doesn't. 1t was the COMPOUNDED
dog that made it SO expensive"
THE dog
eyes. He kept me all the time paying
tailor bills. l had to wear a Prince
Albert coat and fasten the tails together.
l tried pins once but never again. l kept
them sewed after that but it spoilt the
fit of the coat and made me look like
balloon getting ready for an ascension. l
would have sacrificed much for that dear
girl, but | can wear out trousers enough
on my account without calling In the
assistance of a pug-nosed canine that is
two-thirds teeth"
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04
Arousing His Ambition.

1.-THE boy is all right, said the doctor,
''but you want to talk to him and arouse
his ambition. Promise you will take
him somewhere when he RECEIVERS su H.
GENTLY to go out: talk to him about play
ing tag with the boys; there are lots of
ways in which you can interest him"
Then the doctor addressed the boy,
who was just recovering from a fever,
saying:
Come, Mickey, cheer up, my boy;
wouldn't you like to go and play tag
with your playmatesl"
A faint smile stole over the boys face,
but that was all
''stop, sir,n said the father, 'Tn
arouse him. See here, Mickey" he
asked, addressing the boy, wouldn't yeh
like 10 go out and trow rock through
Chineyman's windy"
The boy Immediately sat up in bed
and asked for his trousers.
II thought that 'ud fetch 'im," said
the father with proud smile, she's all
right, doctor dear "-BostoR Courier
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04

A society young lady throws herself
down on fauteuil, sobbing as if her
heart were breaking and as if every light
in her fair young life had been suddenly
extinguished.
Her papa, in an ad joining room, hears
the eommotion, and, stepping in, in
quires;
"What is the matter, darlingl"
"Oh-h-hp
"What is it, my lovel"
"Ohl 1 promised to go riding this
morning with Fred, and-boo-hoo."
"Well, cant you go to ride with Fred n
''N-n-no, and he is waiting for me-
"Why can't you goa"
That dreadful groom brought my
ho-horse around, and-oh my poor
darling horsew
whats the matter with the horsel''
''His tail amt banged In-Boston
Courier.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04


The Russian government has published
some surprising statistics about Siberia
az penal colony. From 1854 to 1884,
itsppears nearly one million men and
women were seat to that bleak country
IS cOnvicts and political exiles Between
1868, the year of the Polish rebellion,
and 1873, $4,000 were sent, while the
army Of exiles deported under the short
reign Of the present Gar foots up to the
enormous total of 146, $50 souls. Women
form ons-ffth Of the total lumber. As
most Of them are over forty years OF age
very fsw marry, and to make matters
worse marriage is prohibited for the first
five years Of exile. The escapes during
the past twenty years have averaged
twenry-four per cent, despite the costly
guarding Of the prisoners. Two-thirds of
the crimes in Siberia are committed by
the exiles, and because of this and of
their misery and Of the numerous es-
cspes, to say nothing of the enormous
expense, the government is reported to
be seriously considering the sdvisabiTity
Of sbosishing the present system Of ST.
berinn deportation. Little wonder that
the Bulgars refuse to be absorbed in an
imperialism which Furnishes free speech
Eith exile to Siberia and slavery in the
onirksilxer mines
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04
LIVING AND DYING.

Finding today a,hard task done
Finding moral conflict won;
A. answering glow the setting sun
ores warm heart giving
orzpanion<hlp Of those we prize,
Or e'en ana glance Of love-lit eyes
And this Is iivingl
Stealing away an unsharsd grief,
While nsuEht but weeds compose the Sd ea
UnEghtiy blot upon the leaf
Our care bolying.
The sky o'eroast when day begins,
Loving the ono another wins
Ali this is DYING
But death itself to life must yield,
And lel Heavens portals are revealed;
The Kings great register unsealsd-
oh, Joy supernall
Shows US as what we strove to be,
And love has turned for US the key
To life eternal
Hartford Times.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04
Would Do Better Next Time.

1t is related BY the gossips that when
Mr.. ", a -.eaSo-e nd aggressively arts
tocratic denizen OF mt sacsed slopes of
Beacon Hill, brought home his third
wife he was not wholly pleased with the
attitude of the grown up daughters of
his first marriage toward their newest
mother. He summoned the boldest and
most aggressive daughter to a private
conference. and in good, set terms re-
proved her for her GOODNESS to MS bride.
The damsel listened with respectful pa
thence duetoward the author OF her being,
and when he had finished his reprimand
gave promise of amendment By saving
with demure impudence; Excuse me.
pSpa; will try and do better the next
time you are married. Boston Record.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04
A Curious Restoration.

Ten years ago Mrs. Ada Martin, Of
Bronson, Mich, broke her left leg, and
paralysis of the limb and loss of speech
followed. For some years past she found
pleasure in making crazy quilts. sending
to eminent persons for bits of cloth for
the patches. Among others she sent to
President Cleveland, wro sent a patch
and letter Mrs. Martin received the
letter on Wednesday, and wasso pleased
that she attempted to rise, and in so
doing knocked her son S revolver eff of
stand near by The pistol was fired by
the fall, the ball passed through .Irs.
Martins paralyzed leg, the shock Ee-
stored her speech, and apparently the les
will be all right again after the Pisto
soht wound heals -Nen York Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04
TIE WIND.

U srsss' strong wind that hurries from the
north,
"hAt scenes o,desolation hast thoa found
Sinee breaking from ny icy prison forth
Long dangers traess thy noisy way hath
wound
oer rock, rough hiIh. white fields AMI
wastes Of ground
where famine prUwls, wAers terror wildly
cries,
where strong hops fAints aud hardy cour-
age diesi
Art thou the herald Of some comets wrath.
Art thou the strsying vengeance Of
world
That long ago bad fallen from its path.
And for this breach oflaw to atOmsh-
The wind replies: Though Eov - -
bring Wv "'A'A'
n, n. =. ayr In the spring;
=. --Ae mankind in war, never cease
Ill l destroy all have loved in peace
Il " Johnson. in Current.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04

The Kriegsbibliothek-war library
of Berlin, is unique collection of books.
1t contains all known works printed dur
NJ and since the Franco-Germaa war OF
1870 and 1871, having direct relation to
that campaign The library contains
portly volumes compiled by staff officers,
pamphlet descriptions of single battles,
war maps, plans of bsttlefelds, diplo-
matte documents, biographies of Princes,
Generals, and other prominent military
personAges of the period, caricatures
and humorous war pictures. Additions
are continually made to this kriegsbib-
liothsk, and the 'kaiser" naturally takes
much interest in it. He would, no
doubt, like to know very much, also,
what new materials for this library of
strife the next few years will supply.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04
Recipes

Eco SoUP.-Beat a tablespoonful OF
flour in a teaspoonful of cold stock, and
put in four eggs; throw them into boil
ing stock, stirring all the time. Add
two small blades OF mace. Boil fifteen
minutes Season, and serve with a
French roll in the tureen, or with small
bits of bread.
LEMON PoT PIE.-Two lemons, one
cup of sugar, one cup OF molasses, one
cup of water; cut the lemon into small
pieces and put it over the fire with
the water and cook fifteen minutes,
then put in the sugar and molasses, with
little salt: when this boils put in some
dumplings made of one quart Of flour,
two tablespoonfuls cream OF tartar and
one of soda; some perfer baking powder
CHICKEN PIE.-Joint and boil two
chickens in sailed water, just enough to
cover them, till they are nearly done.
Line a good-sized earthen or tin pan
with crust, put in the chicken, adding
thin slices of broiled salt pork, say one
half pound of it; season it well, dredge
in little -four, add enough of the liquor
it was boiled in to sill the dish Cover
with quite a thick crust, pinch down the
sides well, cut slit in the middle of the
top crust and bake nearly an hour in
good oven.
WATER PoUND CAKE.-One pound of
butter, one pound of powdered sugar,
four eggs. one Gu full of boiling water,
one pound of prepared Hour, flavor with
lemon. Beat butter, sugar, and the
yolks of the eggs to cream, then add
the boiling water and stir gently till
cold, then the pound of flour with the
whites of the eggs, which have been
beaten to a stiff froth. the lemon last;
bake one hour. This cake cannot be
told from real pound cake, and it will
keep two weeks.
Ton THUMB OMELErTEs.- Eight eggs,
half-cup of rich milk, salt and pepper,
tablespoonful of cheese: beat the eggs
light, season, stir in the milk, the grated
cheese. Iialf fill eight patty pans, but
tered, and set in a dripping pan with
half an inch of boiling water in it; shut
up in a quick oven, and as soon as they
are set turn out on hot dish. You
may vary the dish by substituting minced
parsley and thyme for the grated cheese,
and when dished pour drawn butter
over the omelettes. They make pretty
show when garnished with curled
parsley, tiny sprig being stuck in the
middle of each mold.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04
A New Amusement.


Several young ladies and gentlemen
Of ST. Joseph have organized new kind
Of amusement Il consists Of this: A
party Of eight or ten ride out TO the lake
road. Two gosss are decided apon. and
the game Of Indian, as they call it, is
engaged in. The rules are that the gen.
tIensn Is Handicapped by the lady, she
being given one hundred feet the start
The distance is one-half mile. Then the
race is made. If the gentleman catches
her rein before she crosses the wire he,
ns forfeit, is entitled TO kiss. Failing
% do 90, the gentleman is obliged to buy
the lsdy box Of gloves
As the ladies ride their own horses
and their speed is known 70 the "lndi-
ans, " the girls get decidedly the worst
Of il, for the boys scour the city and get
runners they know eau win.
The game Of Indian" is nor~-
amusement. st. Joseph mol Heraf
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04

Railway churches are to be attached
to the trains in South Russia Owing to
the long distances Travelled and the con
slant work, the officials complaia that
they have no chance of attending divine
service; so carriages fitted up as churche'
viii run on Sundays and fete days.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04

DR.. Merriam, the Ornithologist of the
Department Of Agriculture at Washing
ton, is engaged in collecting reports
from all parts Of the country ia relation
to the English sparrow. He has received
thousands of such reports, but only one
Of them is favorable to the feathered
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04

The average duration of life has been
msde the subject of fresh investigation
by German statistician, who finds that
the lowest average is for the day laborer
tthirty-two years., and the highest
among those who engage in manual toll
is smong the gardeners, sailors and
fishermen, fifty-eight years, The pro-
fessioHsl occupations come even above
regular-oPen air occupations, as the
average given show forty-nine years for
physicians, ffty.four for jurists, fifty
seven for teachers and sixty-seven for
clergYmsn.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04
COuriship

The youth with her was deep in love,
His feelings he could scarce command,
And so he said "Giye me this glove
That now protects your lily hnndh
A tear shone in her eye 50 blue
And. a. her bosom rose and fell.
She said. The glove Is your, II you
VIII take the hand as we'll
-BostoH Courier.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04
HOUSEHOLD MATTERS
Waste in the Kitchen

Waste in the kitchen is often very
great from apparently trivial sources
In cooking meats the water Is thrown
out without removing the grease, or the
grease from the dripping pan is thrown
away.
Scraps of meat are thrown away.
Cold potatoes are left to sour and
spoil.
Dried fruits are not looked after and
become wormy.
Vinegar and sauce are left standing in
tin.
Apples are left to decay for want of
sorting over
The tea-canister is left open.
Nictuals are left exposed to be eaten
by mice.
Bones of meat and the carcass of tur-
key are thrown away, when they could be
used in making good soups.
Sugar, tea, coffee and rice are carelessly
spilled in the handling.
Soap is left to dissolve and waste in
the water.
Dish towels are used for dish-cloths.
napkins are used for dish-towels.
Towels are used for holders.
Brooms and mops ars not hung up
More coal is burned than necessary by
not arranging hampers when not using
the fire.
Lights are left burning when not used.
Tin dishes are not properly cleanse6
and dried.
Good new brooms are used in scrub
hinc, kitchen floors
Silver spoons are used in scraping ket-
ties.
Cream is left to mould and spoil.
Mustard is left to spoil in the cruise,
etc.
Pickles become spoiled by the leaking
out or evaporation of the vinegar.
Pork spoils for want of salt, and beef
because the brine wants scalding.
Hams become tainted or filed with
vermin for want of care.
Cheese moulds and is eaten by mice and
vermin.
Tea and coffee pots are injured on the
stove.
Woodenwsre is unscalded and left to
warp and crack.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04
Flame.

A tallow-dip and Pickering flame;
A pan OF apples pairing;
frame
And the hemlock fat is fiaring.
A swish of grass and mellow note
From lips pursued up a-pucker;
A blush cTeeps down from cheek TO throat
And is lost in the gingham tucker.
A tallow -dip-but the Pickering fame
Is quenched in loves declaring.
The starlight shines thruush the window
frame,
And pair OF SWANS are pairing
-1s1os- SLftfrss
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04
BUDGET OF FUN.
HUMOROUS SKETCHES FROM
VARIOUS SOURCES.

The Midnight Fire-A Short Gala
Dramatic Episode-Didn't Want
ANY MISUNDERSTANDING
His Ambition, Etc.
The wild alarum bell rings out
Upon the midnight air,
Excited men in frenzy shout;
The skyis all aglare.
From windows whitehead wcnen folk
Prutrude their night-capped heads,
And, trembling, watch the flames and
smoke
That called them from their beds
With twenty men TO man the rope
The engine trundles by;
Niagara No. 1'-let's hope
The reservoirs not dryi
The ceaseless cIangor OF the bell,
The clamor Of the boys,
The whole excited village tell
The meaning Of the noise
But soon the glare fades slowly out,
Niagara's quenched the flames;
The farmer firemen turn about,
And 60 back to their danes
And as they drain SCANNING cup
OF tea, they tell yarn
OF how the fire fiend gobbled up
The widow Joness barn.
-Someruille Journal
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04

The United States Treasury authori-
ties recently notified Henry Berg, the
well-known President of the New York
Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to
Animals, that as the result of a settle
ment of his accounts while Secretary Of
Legation to Russia in 1865, the Govern
meat owes him s13l. Mr.. Berg has
created somewhat of sensation by re-
fnsing to accept the money The refusal
to accept any money proffered by the
Government is regarded little short of
extraordinary.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04
PITH AND POINT.

How to get head-Buy a postage
stamp.
where. oh where, can happiness be
foundf7 sings the poet Look in the
dictionary.-Ha Waterloo O6sereer.
Bricks that will float are now made in
France. Convenient for man TO wear
in his hat when he's half seas over
SJtings.
One often feels, in view OF the small
waist of the period, as if he were putting
out his arm to surround a knitting
needls--Judgs.
Thompson-"Suppose a man should
call you q liar, what should you dor
Jones Observation-Disclosures sized man
-Pitts6urg Dispatch.
An Indiana girl has been born without
a mouth She will soon begin to realize
that she has forgotten something.-
Darlington Free Press.
4 know you're worse than am
To him the lady said,
i only paint my cheeks and lips
You paint the whole town red
-iFGSh;ngfOH Critic
A Boston woman, by the way OF ex-
pertinent, recently tied pedometer to
her chin, and discovered that she talked
thirty-three miles between breakfast and
luneh.-Lye.
A scientist says that a body weighing
100 pounds on the earth would weigh
two tons on Jupiter Some men seem to
imagine that they live on Jupiter all the
time.-Neio HaueH Neies.
met a girl Of the.
And gently took her ~
thought I'd pop the
Sut didn't have the So.
California Vdif
A Texas paper contains an Article
headed: Raising Mules on the Range
This sounds like cruelty 20 animals.
especially if there be fire in the ranged
We should think the mules would kick
against it-Norristo,c Heraid.
lie had been counting her q long time,
SO long that she began to get tired; so
one night she said to him: 'John, who
is the author of the phrase Man pro-
posesfn I'm sure don't know" an
swered John; why do you askl" "0h.
| merely wanted to know who was"
''For what reason" because | guess
he didn't know what he was talking
about" FIVE minutes later the wedding
day was set.-B0st0H Courier.
He was big bodied man caught out
in the rain. ''Hey, there, You've got
nv umbrella. I've found it at last, have
In he exclaimed, in loud and men
acing tone, as he stood in doorway on
one Of the principal streets, while mum
Der of pedestrians were hurrying past.
A dozen men turned at once on hearing
him, and came toward him, holding out
their umbrellas ard making profuse
apologies. With the air OF an injured
individual, the large man selected fine
silk one from among the number, and the
procession moved on.-PioEeer Press.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04

SIS your first name George. Mr..
Featherlyl" inquired Bobby, IS the
young man seated hims # in the parlor
and began to draw off dBS gloves.
mo, Bobby" replaea, eatherly, with
en- amused smile. ffP
"Oh, nothin', only tsrd Clara tell
ma she expected Ged &c tonight, and
that she hoped to goodness there wouldn't
be any other callers.-Nsio York Sun.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04

A contemporary states it as : sotable
fact that two-thirds of the statesmen
Who hsvo lived in the United States be
gan their career as teachers in the dis
frict schools.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04

The Theatre of Marcellus in ancient
Rome was capable of holding 20, 900
spectators. TWAS fortress in the md
die ages, and subsequently passed into
tine possession of the Orsini family. Only
a few arches of it now remain
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04

English architects are advising that
rooms should be provided with many
warm inlets at the floor line, and an out
let at the ceiling line to carry out the
vitiated air.
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04

Lumber men of the northwest COM
plain that syndicate of Canadian
capitalists are obtaining control of most
Of the timber of that region. They have
already acquired possession of more than
500, 900, 900 feet of pine lumber in
Northern Minnesota, and are making
arrangements to gobble up the rest of
the vast timber belt on the northern
slope of the state. This tract is occu-
pied by Indians, and the clause in the
sundry civil service bill, providing for a
commission to treat with them for their
removal to the White Earth agency, it is
charged, WIS secured directly in the
interest of This Canadian syndicate.
Meanwhile the dispossessed northerners
are passing it along, in boys language,
by go5bling up in their turn the best
timber lands of the Southern States. At
least so the New York 0omHlers-'-S -
- - lrr4
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04
A SCRAP OF HISTORY.

In his speech at Cooper Union, Oct.
~, Mr. Hewitt, then candidate for
Mayor, now Mayor-elect, gave a sketch Of
his own life as an answer to some attacks
made upon him as a ''rich man. In the
course of the remarks he said: a be-
came nearly blind, and was compelled
TO pass year in Europe, for which |
paid out of the earnings which had laid
up from the lessons had given On my
way home another accident occurred
the ship on which / was went to the
bottom, and was saved by another acct
dent in one OF the boats of that ship in
company with a man who has been
Mayor Of this city, who was and is
my friend and brother, and will be to the
end of my life. l landed in midwinter
in borrowed suit of sailors clothes
not thing Of my own-and had three
silver dollars in my pocket, which con.
stituted my entire worldly wealth. 1
was twenty-five years ef age.
Let the captain of the rescuing ship
tell the story as he did a few years ago to
little circle Of friends in a New York
club:
''In 1914 1 was commanding the ship
Atlanta, and in the month of December
of that year was making a voyage from
Liverpool to New York. On the 18th |
was crossing the Gulf Stream, and had
got well over it, when, near evening,
saw ship under full sail several miles to
windward, and evidently heading for
New York, like myself. My barometer
had been falling rapidly, and as l always
regarded it with great care and obeyed
its orders, took warming and shortened
sail. But noticed that the stranger kept
everything spread, and when night came
on and hid her from sight she was far of
on the horizon, and didn't appear to have
taken in stitch of canvas During the
night it came on to blow heavily-a reg
ular cyclone, in fact-and you may be
sure was glad had taken in sail 1t
only lasted couple of hours or so, but
was very rough as long as it was on u.s.
"About nine in she forenoon the watch
reported pieces of wreck floating on the
water, aud an hour later we sighted boat
and bore down for her 1t was as had
feared: The stranger had foundered in
the gale, and this was one of her boats.
''She proved 10 be, or 10 have been,
the American ship Albanian, Captain
Hitchcock, from Leghorn to New \ ork,
and beside her officers and crew she had
two passengers in the cabin. She was
under full sail when the wind struck her,
and in very short time she was an I'M
seaworthy wreck She hid two boats,
one a stanch life-b boat and the other an
old and rotten long boat Lots were
drawn for places, and the life-b boat fell to
the first officer, while the long boat went
TO the Captain. The two cabin passen-
gers went TO the long boat, and also nine
of the crew 1t was the life-b boat that |
picked up. with the first officer in com
mand, and he said they left the ship at
2 in the morning, aud lost sight of the
long-boat soon after. She was nearer
the ship than they, as the Captain had
been the last to leave her
The weather was cold, and they suf
fered considerably from their cramped
positions, but in little while atter Co
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-02-04

There is a rush of gold-seekers to the
country on the Straits Of Magellan.
The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1887-08-04

requested to give notice
thnk Pting of the citizens of Bot.
ainS4a vicinity will be held at J..
81 r. old store room on Tues.
Fl ling next 10Th inst.) at 8
o0Hecai0cEasS consider the report of the
committee recently appointed to ex-
anime sites for a public burying
ground.
1t is understood that several propo.
sitions and offers of land for cemetery
purposes will be made, and it be-
comes therefore a duty on the part of
the citizens to attend punctually and
in numbers, as at this meeting will be
decided where and when we shall
have the cemetery.